Machine for feeding and applying flocculent materials to wire.



PATENTBD JULY 3, 1906.

J. A. HEANY. MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND APPLYING PLOGGULEN'I MATERIAL S T0 WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1904. RENEWED DBO. 22, 1905.

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No. 825,124. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

J. A. HBANY. MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND APPLYING FLOOCULENT MATERIALS TO WIRE.

APPLICATION IILED JAN. 20. 1904. RENEWED D30. 22, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

J. A. HEANY. MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND APPLYING FLOGCULENT MATERIALS TO WIRE.

APILIOATION FILED JAN. 20, 1904. RENEWED DEC. 22, 1905.

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No. 825,124. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. J. A. HEANY.

MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND APPLYING FLOOGU-LENT MATERIALS TO WIRE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. 1904. RENEWED DBO. 22, 1905.

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J. A. HEANY. MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND APPLYING FLOGGULENT MATERIALS TO WIRE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 20. 1904. RENEWED DEG. 22, 1905.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALLEN HEANY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE TE'lER-HEANY DEVELOPING COMPANY, OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AND YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed January 20, 1904. Renewed December 22, 1905. Serial No. 292,969.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN ALLEN HEANY, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Feeding and Applying Flocculent Materials to Wire, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a machine for feeding and applying a flocculent material, such as asbestos, to a rotating and traveling wire, so that said wire may be covered by a relatively compact layer of the material; and in such connection it relates to the construction and arrangement of such a machine.

In United States Letters Patent 'No. 740,131, granted to me under date of September 29, A. D. 1903, there is described and claimed a method of producing insulated electric conductors. Among the steps enumerated in this method is that in which flocculent asbestos is fed and applied to a rotating and traveling wire previously coated with a gluey substance. In this present application for a patent a mechanism for so feeding and applying the flocculent material forms the subject-matter of invention.

The nature and scope of my invention. will be more fully understood from the following description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevationalview of a machine embodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2 is atop or plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 together illustrate in enlarged longitudinal section the machine of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is atop or plan view of a portion of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views, still further enlarged, of the hopper and auxiliary mechanism for feeding the flocculent material to the carding mechanism of the machine. Fig. 8 is a top or plan view of the mechanism for feeding and rotating the wire in operative relationship with the machine for feeding and applying the material to said wire, said machine being also illustrated in plan; and Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of one end of the mechanism for feeding and rotating the wire.

Referring to the drawings, 0, represents the framework of the machine, forming the uting mechanism for the flocculent material at the other end for the endless card-clothing band I) for conveying the flocculent material in proper condition to the wire B and intermediate of theends for the carding mechanism The carding mechanism may be of any deband I) obliquely, and mechanism illustrated and described in an application filed by me under date of January 20, 1904, and serially numbered 189,804, causes the wire B to rotate and to travel while rotating across the band I). As a consequence the carded flocculent material B on' the band I) is wound tightly and spirally upon the wire B, as illustrated in'Fi 5. The preferred mechanism for causing t e wire B to rotate and to travel while rotating is described and illustrated in detail in said application for a patent, Serial No. 189,804, filed January 20, 1904. It is illustrated with sufficient clearness in Figs. 8 and 9 in the present application so that the function and object of the means for feeding and applying the flocculent material to the wire B can be readily understood. Referring to said Figs. 8 and 9, the mechanism for rotating and feeding the wire B consists, essentially, of a frame A, supporting at one end the bearings A, traversed by a stationary arbor. (Not shown.) Upon this arbor is detachably secured the reel or spool E, from which the wireB is unwound. Upon a sleeve surrounding the arbor is keyed or otherwise secured a frame F, and the sleeve and'frame F are arranged to be rotated upon said arbor by the pulley A, driven from the power-sh aft of the machine. The frame F has two arms F and F on one of which is a roller F, over which the wire B travels as it leaves the reel E. Each arm F and F of the frame F enters at its free end a tubular piece G through which the wire is to pass, and each arm is provided with a gear-wheel Cr G". Each of support at one end for a hopper and distrib- 1 these gear-wheels carries a grooved roller G,

rollers G the wire B is clamped, rotated, and

' the band m, as illustrated in dotted lines in band m carries the flocculent material from as the block 9 slides inwardly is adapted to 'dle g. The reciprocation of the block g inv between contiguous peripheries of which fed forward as the frame F revolves. The gear-wheels G G mesh with afixed spiral cam-rib G, so that when the frame F is rotated'these gear-wheels G G travel on the cam-rib G and are turned in one direction to revolve the rollers G and thereby to advance the wire B. Thewire B before reaching the band 1) passes through a glue-vat D and is properly coated with an adhesive substance, such as glue, so that the material B readily' adheres to the wire B.

Referring now to the hopper and distributing mechanism for the flocculent material, the preferred construction of hopper is illustrated in detail in Figs. 3, 6, and 7 As shown, the main body of the hopper has downwardlydnclined side walls 6,- separated at the bottom bya relativelynarrow passageway in which an endless conveyer is ar-. ranged to travel'obliquely and downwardly. The discharge end of the hopper is provided with straight wings 6, between which a block 9 is'arranged to reciprocate. For this purpose the wings e are slotted or recessed, as at 6 and also provided with rails 6 upon which a plate 9, secured to the block g, slides, the block 9 itself having offsets g sliding in the slots or recesses e in the wings e; The'outlot from the hopper'to the space between the wings e is normally 'closed by the block g and by a frame 9 adjustable vertically in said block and .carrying at its base ametallic comb g theteeth whereof are arranged to mesh with teeth upon an endless card-clothing band m, which travels in the opening at the base of the hopper adjacent to the endless conveyer The block 9 also carries an upwardly and inwardly projecting arm n, which force the flocculent material inv the hopper proper downward and inward toward the conveyer f. The comb g is hinged to the frame 9 in sucha manner that when the block 9 and frame g move outwardly from the hopper proper the comb g slides backward over Fig. 7. When, however, the block 9- and frame 9 move inwardly in the ho per proper, the comb g remains in a vertica position, as lllustrated in full lines in Fig; 7, and the teeth of the comb g tear or separate the flocculent material and spread itevenly upon the band m. The vertical adjustment of the frame 9 and its comb giin the block gis accomplished, preferably, by a spindle g ,screwthreaded at ts lower end to engage the frame 9 and turning loosely upon the base of the armn. A handle 9 serves as a means to turn the spinthe hopper is preferably secured by a link 0, connecting the block 9 with a crank-disk 0, driven by the machine. The card-clothing the hopperto ,a set of card-clothing rolls m bestos, for eXampleis deposited in the hopper proper. The endless conveyor serves to feed the material downward to t e endless card-clothing band m, which in turn carries the material forward until the comb 9 can act upon it to distribute it over the band m in proper condition. ment of the block g, frame g arm n, and comb g in the hopper serves to tear the material on the band m and also serves to force the material backwardlyand downwardly in the hopper to the conveyer A perfect agitation and distribution of t e material in the hopper is thus obtained. The band m then conveys the material to the rolls m and m to the IOll (i' and to the series of peripheral rolls 01 d, and d coacting with the cardingdrum d, which cards the material still further. The material is delivered from the drum (1 to the under plane of the band I), and this band I) conveys it to the rotating and traveling wire B after said wire B has been coated with an adhesive substance, whereby through the rotation and travel of the coated wire the material will' be spirally wound thereon.

The backward move- Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In a machine of the character described, a hopper for the rece tion of flocculent material, a conveying an distributing means for the flocculent material, and an endless cardclothing band arranged to convey the mate rial to a wire adapted to spirally apply the material upon the same.

2. In a machine of the character described, a hopper for the reception of flocculent material and provided with sidewalls, wings pro:

'jecting from said walls and formingthe discharge for said hopper, a block and frame arranged to reciprocate between said wings, a comb depending from said frame, and an endless card-clothing band traversing said hopper and having its teeth coacting with the teeth of said comb.

3. In a machine of the character described, a hopper for the reception of material having downwardly-inclined side walls separated at their base by a passageway,-an endless conveyer traveling downwardly and obliquely in said passage-way, wings projecting from the side walls to form an outlet from the hopper,

the hopper between said wings, a block arranged to reciprocate between said wings, a comb depending from said block and having its teeth coacting with the teeth of said band, and an upwardly and inwardly extending arm projecting from'the block into said'hop- 'an endless band of card-clothing traversing which the wire travels an per, said arm adapted to force the material in the hopper toward the conveyer and the latter to discharge the material to said card- 'clothing band.

4. In a machine of the character described, in combination with means for feeding and rotating the wire, of an endless card-clothing band arranged at an angle to the plane in means for supply- Io ing said band with flocculent material.

5. In a machine of the character described, in combination with means for feeding and rotating the wire, of an endless card-clothing band having its under face arranged adjacent 15 to the wire and at an angle to the plane in which said wire travels, and means for supplying the under face of said band with flocculent material.

6. In a machine of the character described,

20 a ho per for the reception of material, a cardclot 'ng band arranged in said hopper, a block having a comb adapted to engage said card-clothing band and material, means to reciprocate said block and comb over said 25 hand, an arm adapted to engage said mate rial and an endless. conveyer, said arm adapted to push the said material toward said conve er and the latter to move the said materia toward said card-clothing band.

7. In a machine of the character described, a hopper for the reception of material, a cardclothing band, a block having a comb adapted to engage said card-clothing band and material fed forward by said card-clothing band. p

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ALLEN HEANY.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THoMAsM. SMITH. 

